The cultural relics unearthed recently may add greatly to our knowledge of life in ancient China 4.It maynot seemapalatable first thought Palate.the top part of the inside of the mouth,was once generally held to be the organ of taste.So“"palatable”means“pleasant to the taste”.Here used figuratively,.it means agreeable to the mind"or“acceptable” e.g.It doesn't to be a palatable suggestion todrive home in such bad weather,I prefer t Yet there are advantages to underground life,too,and something to be said for imagining whole cities,even mankind generally,moving downward:of having the outermost mile of the Earth's crust honeycombed with passages and structures,like a gigantic ant hill (1)something to be said for imagining.(there is )something to be said in support of imagining we have some reasons for imagining. say something/much/little for:express something/much/little in support of (oneself. someone,or something),as in argument of defense. e.g.You're late again!Have you anything to say for yourself? There is something /much/itter to be said for this suggestior Similar structure 1)There is little to be said for. 2)There is something to be said for 3)There is plenty to be said for 4)There thin s to he said fo 年分号将子分为两部分，分号后的of having .与前面的to underground i 是句子的并列成分 相当于Yet there are advantages to underground life and there are advantages of having (3)Translate the sentence into Chinese 然而生活在地下也有其有利之处，设想将整座城市，乃至全人类搬入地下是 有一定道理的。如果在地壳最表层一英里厚的地方筑满通道和建筑物，就象一个 巨大的蚁冢，这将会给人类带来各种好处 6.On the surface,the tyranny of day and night cannot be avoided,. Meaning:the human beings living on the surface of the earth are subject to the shift of day and night;we must follow the schedule of light and dark without any freedom of cho 1. it woul be artificial lighting that produces the day and this coud be adjusted to suit man's convenience (1)adjust:change (sth.)slightly,esp.in order to make it suitable for a particular job of new conditions e.g.To attract investors,Panama has adjusted its tax and labor laws. She adju usted the lamp so that the light fell d on her book (2)Meaning:...the production of day artificial lighting could be planned and regulated according to man's needs so as to be convenient to him.Here the author means that with artificial light,people could have a uniform schedule throughout the world,without the inconvenience of what are called time zones. The cultural relics unearthed recently may add greatly to our knowledge of life in ancient China. 4. It may not seem a palatable suggestion, at first thought. Palate, the top part of the inside of the mouth, was once generally held to be the organ of taste. So “palatable” means “pleasant to the taste”. Here used figuratively, it means “agreeable to the mind” or “acceptable”. e.g. It doesn’t seem to be a palatable suggestion to drive home in such bad weather; I prefer to stay until it clears up. 5. Yet there are advantages to underground life, too, and something to be said for imagining whole cities, even mankind generally, moving downward; of having the outermost mile of the Earth’s crust honeycombed with passages and structures, like a gigantic ant hill. (1) something to be said for imagining…: (there is )something to be said in support of imagining……; we have some reasons for imagining…… say something/much/little for: express something/much/little in support of (oneself, someone, or something),as in argument of defense. e.g. You’re late again! Have you anything to say for yourself? There is something /much/litter to be said for this suggestion. Similar structure: 1) There is little to be said for … 2) There is something to be said for … 3) There is plenty to be said for … 4) There are things to be said for … (2) 句中分号将句子分为两部分，分号后的 of having …与前面的 to underground life …是句子的并列成分，相当于 Yet there are advantages to underground life … and there are advantages of having … (3) Translate the sentence into Chinese. 然而生活在地下也有其有利之处，设想将整座城市，乃至全人类搬入地下是 有一定道理的。如果在地壳最表层一英里厚的地方筑满通道和建筑物，就象一个 巨大的蚁冢，这将会给人类带来各种好处。 6. On the surface, the tyranny of day and night cannot be avoided, … Meaning：the human beings living on the surface of the earth are subject to the shift of day and night; we must follow the schedule of light and dark without any freedom of choice. 7. …it would be artificial lighting that produces the day and this could be adjusted to suit man’s convenience. (1) adjust: change (sth.) slightly, esp. in order to make it suitable for a particular job of new conditions e.g. To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labor laws. She adjusted the lamp so that the light fell directly on her book. (2) Meaning: …the production of day artificial lighting could be planned and regulated according to man’s needs so as to be convenient to him. Here the author means that with artificial light, people could have a uniform schedule throughout the world, without the inconvenience of what are called time zones